In our parishes, we pray for the people of the Church of the Resurrection in Oswego and their priest, the Rev. Jeffrey Knox, and the people of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Owego and their priest, the Rev. Trula Hollywood. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of California and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Megan M. Traquair. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of The Church of Pakistan (United) and their bishop, The Most Rev. Humphrey Peters.

A Prayer Against Gun Violence

Gracious Lord who loves us so perfectly, help us to better love you and each other. We weep for the gun violence that kills children and so many others, where guns replaced prayers and homes without you bred frustration. May hearts be changed through your Holy Spirit that justice, mercy, money and, yes, even guns might be used rightly under Heaven, through Jesus Christ, your Son, our Lord.

Amen.

Episcopal Diocese of Newark

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Oxford and their priest, the Rev. David Hanselman, and the people of St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Port Leyden and their priest, the Rev. Heather Benson. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Northern Indiana and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Doug Sparks. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea and their primate, the Right Rev. Nathan Ingen.

A Prayer Against Gun Violence

God, our hearts are broken with pain at the senseless deaths caused by gun violence. Families mourn, children live in fear, and some in our nation respond by arming themselves with more guns with greater capacity to end life. Our disconnection and alienation has caused some to turn to guns for protection and safety. We ask that you touch our hearts with your love, heal our brokenness, and turn us away from violence toward peace. Help us to transform our own hearts and to seek peaceful ways of resolving our differences. Let our hands reach out and connect with those who feel alone, those who live in fear, and those suffering from mental illness. Let our voices be raised asking our legislators to enact gun laws to protect all in our society, especially those most vulnerable. Let our pens write messages demanding change while also scripting words of hope and transformation. We ask this in the name of the God who desires that we live together in peace. Amen. 

From the Sisters of Mercy

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. James Episcopal Church in Pulaski and their priest, the Rev. Shelly Banner, and the people of Zion Episcopal Church in Rome. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Northwest Texas and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. J. Scott Mayer. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Episcopal Church in the Philippines and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Brent Alawas.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence

Let us remember all who have been harmed by violence. We acknowledge the strength to those who survived and of those still struggling to heal. For their sake and for ours, we commit ourselves to building each other up and to healing – together.

Let us remember the families and loved ones of those who have died from gun violence. We acknowledge their pain and their deep grief. They too, are part of our community and need our love and help towards healing.

Let us remember the perpetrators, and the families of those who commit violence. We

acknowledge that their lives, too, are devastated and their hopes dashed. For their sake and for ours, we remember that pain goes in many directions from each act of violence.

We will stand up to violence. We stand together expressing our unity, our connection to each other and to the divine; our hope for healing and for transformation. Let the Spirit of our Creator move through us. Help us to transform and heal our communities. And let us begin by transforming ourselves. Amen.
https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Trinity Episcopal Church in Seneca Falls and their priest, The Rev. J. Brad Benson, and the people of the Church of the Epiphany in Sherburne. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Northwestern Pennsylvania and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Sean Rowe. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of Eglise Anglicane du Rwanda and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Laurent Mbanda.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence

Let us lament with all those who are touched by gun violence Let us lament the shooter’s choice for violence Let us lament laws that allow violent men easy access to guns Let us lament our politicians’ unwillingness to work for change Let us lament with the hearts broken by loss today.

Let us lament all the lives cut short today Let us lament, O God, and then let us rise from our knees to work for change In the name of Christ, the prince of peace. Amen.

The Rev. Dr. Ellen Clark-King, Executive Pastor and Canon for Social Justice

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Gethsemane Episcopal Church, Sherrill and their priest, the Rev. Georgina Hegney, and the people of St. James' Episcopal Church, Skaneateles and their clergy, the Rev. Joe Mitchell and the Rev. Deacon Chuck Stewart. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Ohio, their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Anne Jolly. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Scottish Episcopal Church and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Mark Strange.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence

Loving God, you are the author and sustainer of our lives. You know the anguish of the sorrowful, you are attentive to the prayers of the brokenhearted. Hear your people who cry out to you in their need; strengthen their hope in your lasting goodness. 

We pray today for those who have died because of violence, of terrorism. Draw them to yourself; let your face shine upon them. May they be greeted with choirs of angels and experience your eternal peace and joy. 

Be near to all those who have been touched by violence: those who have been hurt, lost their loved ones or lost their sense of security. Be for them a steady comfort and safe resting place. 

Soften the hearts and steady of the minds of those who would do violence to others. May hate be replaced with love, violence with peace and darkness with your light. Amen.

https://www.blessed-midland.org/

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Slaterville Springs, and the people of St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, South New Berlin, and their priest, The Rev. Steve White. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Oklahoma and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Poulson C. Reed, Jr. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of Church of the Province of South East Asia and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Melter Jiki Tais.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence

God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. John's Episcopal Church, Speedsville, and their priest, the Rev. Patricia Kinney, and the people of St. St. Mark the Evangelist Episcopal Church, Syracuse, and their priest, the Rev. Jon White. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Olympia and their bishop, the Most Reverend Melissa Skelton. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of The Church of South India (United) and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. A. Dharmaraj Rasalam.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence

God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of The Church of the Saviour & Grace Episcopal Church, Syracuse, and their priest, the Rev. Steven Moore. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Pennsylvania and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Daniel G.P. Gutierrez. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Dr. Thabo Makgoba.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Alban's Episcopal Church in Syracuse and their priest, the Rev. Julie Calhoun-Bryant, and the people of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Syracuse and their priest, the Rev. Philip Major. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ketlen A. Solak. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the The Anglican Church of South America and their prime bishop, the Rt. Rev. Nicholas Drayson.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of the Church of the Epiphany in Trumansburg and their priest, the Rev. April Stace, and the people of Grace Episcopal Church in Utica and their priest, the Rev. Christine Williams-Belt. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Puerto Rico and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Rafael L. Morales Maldonado. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Province of the Episcopal Church of South Sudan and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Justin Badi Arama.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Waterloo and their priest, the Rev. Dr. Jeffrey Haugaard, and the people of Trinity Episcopal Church in Watertown and their priest, the Rev. Molly Payne-Hardin. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Rhode Island and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. W. Nicholas Knisely. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Province of the Episcopal Church of Sudan and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Ezekiel Kondo. A Prayer Against Gun Violence

God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Christ Episcopal Church, Willard, and their priest The Rev. Lesley Adams, and the people of Zion Episcopal Church, Windsor, and their priest The Rev. Geoff Doolittle. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Rio Grande and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Michael Buerkel Hunn. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Anglican Church of Tanzania and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Dr Maimbo Mndolwa.
A Prayer Against Gun ViolenceGod of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Adams and their priest, the Rev. Jon Lavelle, and the people of St. Ann's Episcopal Church in Afton and their priest, the Very Rev. David Hanselman. In the Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Rochester and their Bishop Provisional, the Rt. Rev. Stephen Lane. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Church of the Province of Uganda and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Stephen Kaziimba. A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Albany and their priest, the Rev. Jane Brady-Close, and the Church of St. Lawrence in Alexandria Bay and their priest, the Rev. Lisa Busby.

In the Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of San Diego and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Susan Brown Snook.

In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Episcopal Church and for our presiding bishop, the Most Rev. Michael Curry.

A Prayer Against Gun Violence

God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Ss. Peter & John Episcopal Church in Auburn and their priest, the Rev. John Rohde, and the people of the United Ministry of Aurora and their pastor, the Rev. Dr. Barb Blom. In the Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of San Joaquin and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. David C. Rice. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Church of Wales and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Andrew John. A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Bainbridge and their priest, the Rev. Rebecca Drebert, and the people of Grace Episcopal Church in Baldwinsville and their priest, the Rev. Joseph Hannah. In the Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of South Carolina and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Ruth Woodliff-Stanley. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Church of the Province of West Africa and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Dr. Cyril Ben-Smith.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. David's Episcopal Church in Barneveld and their pastor, the Rev. Naomi Sorrwar-Randall, and the people of Christ Episcopal Church in Binghamton and their priest, the Rev. Katrina Grusell. In the Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of South Dakota and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Dr. Jonathan H. Folts. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Church in the Province of the West Indies and their prime bishop, the Most Rev. Howard Gregory.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Trinity Memorial Episcopal Church in Binghamton and their priest, the Rev. Glenn Mahaffey, and the people of St. John's Episcopal Church in Black River. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Southeast Florida and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Peter Eaton. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the church of the Episcopal/Anglican Province of Alexandria and their archbishop, the Rt. Rev. Samy Fawzy. We also join the worldwide Anglican Communion in praying for the Peace of Jerusalem on this Easter Sunday.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of Trinity Episcopal Church in Boonville and the people of Trinity Episcopal Church in Camden. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Southern Ohio and their Bishop Provisional, the Rt. Rev. Kristin White. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia and their archbishops, the Most Revs. Don Tamihere (Aotearoa) Philip Richardson (New Zealand) Sione Ulu'ilakepa (Polynesia).
A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

In our parishes, we pray for the people of St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Camillus and their priest, the Rev. Jon White, and the people of Trinity Episcopal Church in Canastota. In The Episcopal Church, we pray for the people of the Diocese of Southern Virginia and their bishop, the Rt. Rev. Susan B. Haynes. In the Anglican Communion, we pray for the people of the Anglican Church of Australia and their archbishop, the Most Rev. Geoffrey Smith.
A Prayer Against Gun Violence
God of mercy and compassion, who wept with Rachel as she lamented over her children—be with us, who lament the plague of gun violence that lies heavy over our land. Open our eyes to see the ways we might transform the shadow of strife and death into the way of love and peace. Strengthen us to tirelessly care for one another, that we may truly find our security in the boundless love you call us to, and lead us all to your promised future, where no sword will be drawn against another, and no power known but the power of love. All this we ask through the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.